Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 10 Internet Resources

1. Access the website of the Copyright Office and review Circular 34 to answer the
following questions:

• Is the singer Pink’s stage name copyrightable?

• Is the name of Pink’s band copyrightable?

2. Access the website of the Copyright Office and review Factsheet FL 103 to
answer the following questions:

• Is a T-shirt copyrightable?

• Is art work showing a dragon that is printed on a T-shirt
copyrightable?

• Is an airplane copyrightable?

• Is an airplane model copyrightable?

3. Access the website of the Copyright Office and then access the Compendium of
U.S. Copyright Office Practices. Review Chapter 300, Section 313.2 to answer
the following questions:

• Is a painting by an elephant copyrightable?

• Is a claim based on driftwood smoothed by the ocean copyrightable?

• Is a photograph reduced from 5 x 7 inches to 4 x 6 inches
copyrightable?

4. Access the website of the Copyright Office and then access the Compendium of
U.S. Copyright Office Practices. Review the Glossary. What is a “collective
work”?

5. Access Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office website at
http://copyright.columbia.edu. Examine the home page. Are you free to copy the
material on this website? Discuss.